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February 27, 2006
THE FAT LADY SINGS (AGAIN)
Done. Finished. Put to bed. We actually finished the record on Sunday. Did the final tweaks and sequences and got the thing ready to send off for mastering. I am very proud of this record. We kept to our initial idea of not getting carried away with studio trickery and keeping it live and raw. And on listening back to the finished thing this morning, I feel we achieved that. So now we send it off to be mastered and I'll get started on artwork. I am sure that Ricky and I will have a few meetings soon about different ideas we have for the record. Billy will be off any day now on The Cult tour, so we will head up the 'think tank' for release ideas. But thanks to modern technology, we can email, call, IM and Webcam him anytime we need him!! Crazy! And for those of you listening to CFR last Saturday, you will have noticed that I busted out the Ants cover from the record. Hope you caught it.
With the Oscars fast approaching, Hollywood again becomes a gaggling mess of parties, drunken fools and a LOT of agents in dark suits!! I shall, no doubt, attend a few of these little soirees and will give you some inside reports from them. As for the actual nominated movies ..... well, I dont even know what they are this year! But no doubt Brokeback Mountain and Walk The Line will clean up. We shall see.
Leon - VERY interesting take on my recent trip into the 'blackness'. You are probably right. You cant go 'Up' without coming 'Down'. A very important rule of Physics, and also the first thing you learn when you start taking drugs!!!
Shad - I actually checked out The Cult TV thing this morning. And I thought the band sounded great. Of course I miss playing with them - it was a lot of fun. But they are doing their thing, I am doing mine, and I am greatful to have been a part of that in 2001.
Paul - No. I havent met Axl. Yes I have heard the new GnR stuff (....er....!!!) and all the Freddy hats sold out two years ago. When we get the new site FINALLY up and running, we will have new tees, hats etc. And yes, I am going to work out some Circus Diablo tee shirts soon.
Simon - Current artists that inspire me include Incubus, The Darkness and Oasis. But there are very few 'Trent Reznors' or 'David Bowies' out there.
The tattoo pic seems to have excited a few of you. Glad to have been of service! And with that, the day is fast catching up on me and I have to leave the house now. I know I keep promising another video blog, but I PROMISE I'll get it together this week. Leave your questions on this post, and I'll do em all on video. Maybe I'll get this 'Gun Range' Blog together - its about time I got out there and 'blew some shit up!!' OK - take it easy everyone. Have a great day and play nice together. Back soon.
Peace
Billy
Posted by vivelerock at February 27, 2006 10:19 AM
Comments
Today's AWESOME pic would look great on a T-Shirt...hint, hint ;)
Have a good week, Billy!
Posted by: Cori at February 27, 2006 11:10 AM
I agree Cori... take that pic and use it, Billy! Can't wait to get my hands on the new CD... thanks for everything.
Posted by: Kate at February 27, 2006 12:06 PM
hi billy thanks for answering my question -what were u thoughts on the new gnr stuff -as good as the older stuff and i am intrested to know ....WAS IT THE WHOLE ALBUM YOU HEARD???!!!!
and..
anychance of putting a song on here for us in the uk that missed the camp freddy show-i really want it!!!
ps cnt wait for the new diablo record you are truly an inspiration to me,thanks so much!
Posted by: paul at February 27, 2006 12:59 PM
hi mate me again just want u 2 look at this and answer -whats this all about?
http://campfreddy.com/
Posted by: paul at February 27, 2006 01:02 PM
I'll have to agree with Cori and Kate. I'd buy that shirt for sure!!! And this summer is going to rock with all the new releases I'm waiting for.
Posted by: Bonita at February 27, 2006 01:11 PM
billy,
since you do live out in the belly of the liberal beast i was wondering what some of your friends in the indusrty{ music, actors, etc.} think about your new hobby of shooting. being from middle america myself i too find it a bit of a stress reducer to go out and pop some targets or clay pigeons.
thanks,
leon
Posted by: leon at February 27, 2006 01:54 PM
Billy what is up man? good seeing you the other day. we had a show saturday. and it was insane! it was soo fun all the people really enjoyed us. we tryed to call from the show but we seem to never get through anymore. we will try and call again next week and we are gonna play some sex pistols. ok well talk to you soon.
Alec
Posted by: Alec from camp teddy at February 27, 2006 02:08 PM
hiya!
per a conversation going on about The Sex Pistols and the letter to the HAll of Fame, that's going on over in Music News on the TPC board between Joe and I (hi Joe :P this is all in good fun)-
Do you consider John Lydon an Idiot? Did he only write songs about Anarchy? Is he really anti-establishment, anti-music industry?
Would Lydon and Henry Rollins get along? Or would Rollins see Lydon and kick his teeth in?
Or better still: John Lydon and The Sex Pistols versus Henry Rollins and Black FLag? Discuss. :)
How exactly does this entry into The Hall of Fame work?
Hugs
Lisa
xxxx
Posted by: ylais at February 27, 2006 02:53 PM
Billy,
The Clash, Mick Jones or Joe Strummer, or Both?
Posted by: Mike C. at February 27, 2006 03:45 PM
Billy, I loved the track you played on CFR. I cannot wait for the cd.
That pic would be an awesome tee -shirt.
I have a question for you .How do you remain so unpretentious?
You've been in the business for years,and I love the fact that you are refreshingly honest.
Also I heard an internet rumour that Camp Freddy is the next season Of RS? True?
LUVXXXX, Terri
Posted by: Terri at February 27, 2006 04:08 PM
Billy!
You guys are smokin' in that pic!
And, I'm bored, it's 1am here, what can I do???!!!
Posted by: ylais at February 27, 2006 05:01 PM
Hey Billy, forgot to ask on Saturday, are you going to be playing onstage at Rock and Roll induction of our dear Ozzy?
Are you going to be one of Dave's SRL rotating hosts?
What about Circus Diablo getting a myspace page, so we can pimp the music on our own sites?
Better still, what do you think of Circus Diablo being one of the Indie Artists featured on SRL?
can you tell I am going on a lot of no sleep?
love!
jezzi
Posted by: jezebel at February 27, 2006 09:42 PM
Better yet to what Jezzi asked...you all had a myspace page, but it seems to have been closed, will it be coming back? It didn't have much on it at the time, needed some love when it came to pics and music, but thought eventually you all would have it worked out, oh well. I am assuming it is gone and I didn't get tossed off the list, oh well.
It was nice to hear you chatting with Dave on SRL, you all were a lot of fun to listen to!
Posted by: Stardreme at February 28, 2006 03:29 AM